The NetBeans IDE is pretty good on its own, but even handier once you start extending it with plugins specific to your needs. In this installment of Open source Java projects, Jeff Friesen introduces ...

The recently introduced project view for managing Java projects in Visual Studio Code received several enhancements in the latest update to Java functionality provided in Microsoft's popular open ...

Animated transitions are key to creating a comfortable, seamless user experience in your Java desktop and Web applications. In this installment of Open source Java projects, Jeff Friesen introduces ...

The Visual Studio Code team continues to add Java functionality to Microsoft's open source, cross-platform code editor via extensions, just launching a new batch for working with Maven, Tomcat and ...

The Visual Studio Code team clearly believes there's an appetite for a new editing tool among the Java community. The team has continually added Java functionality to the open source, cross-platform ...

After years of requests and debates, Sun Microsystems is ready to release Java source code under a Linux-friendly license. On Monday, it plans to put the code for the programming software under the ...

Sun Microsystems is moving more of its software into the open-source realm. But the company will stop short of handing over the keys to Java itself--at least for now. However, the event didn't see ...